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Russia had great reserves of power;was it not she that had humbled Napoleon hundred years before ?.

What a high profile party of bureaucrats really is ?
We here of several parties of bureaucrats and take them as 'high profile'. Ever thought, what a high profile party of bureaucrats really is ? "It is only when any bureaucrat from the PMO is present otherwise not", quipped a senior bureaucrat.

Where are the Press Advisors of former Prime Ministers ?
A lot of hue and cry is made and news papers and news channels flash the news about the appointment of press advisors to PM with great pomp. But where do they disappear after the PM during whose tenure they are appointed leaves the coveted post. Any clue ?

DEBATE

In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed as dictator and why ?

In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister), Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister).
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BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega SBI Chairman (3) ?
Praveen Kumar Gupta Managing Director (Compliance & Risk) fits in in the criteria for the post of Chairman State Bank of India. He would retire only in 2020. Being the youngest he may get the chance. One can only wait and watch.

Two dozen 1983 batch IAS officers to be empanelled ?
Empanelment list of 1983 batch IAS officers for the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is now ready. About two dozen officers of this batch reportedly figure in the list.Result is expected to be out next week.

Three dozen 1986 batch IAS officers to be empanelled ?
Over three dozen 1986 batch IAS officers are going to be empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.List is believed to have been finalised and will be officially out after the return of PM from his foreign visit.

Chetan Sanghi appointed Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development
Chetan B Sanghi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development. He is a 1988 batch IAS Officer of AGMUT cadre.

Will Pattanayak return to Karnataka as Chief Secretary ?
Will Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India Shobhana Pattanayak return to the parent Karnataka cadre to take over as Chief Secretary in July ?. One can only wait and watch.

R Rama Mohana Rao is new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
R Rama Mohana Rao has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Tamil Nadu Chief secretary K Gnanadesikan moves to IDC
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K Gnanadesikan has been moved as Chief of the Industries Development Corporation. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Vijay Kumar is Secretary to Tamil Nadu CM
Dr R Vijay Kumar has been appointed new Secretary to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister JayaLalitha. He is IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Santha Sheela Nair is now OSD to Tamil Nadu CM
Santha Sheela Nair will now be OSD to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister JayaLalitha. She is former 1973 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Meena is new Secretary to Tamil Nadu CM
Shiv Das Meena has been appointed new Secretary to Tamil Nadu CM JayaLalitha. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Interview for EDs in PSU Banks next week !
Interview for 17 vacancies of EDs in Public Sector Banks is scheduled to take place next week.

Rajesh Kumar appointed as common CVO, HHEC & CCIC
Rajesh Kumar has been appointed as common CVO in Handicrafts & Handlooms Export Corporation Limited (HHEC) and Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited (CCIC), Delhi at Director level for a period of three years. He is a 1994 batch IRSS officer.


Saifuddin Fidvi yet to get orders for Director (Mktg), RCF
The orders of Saifuddin Fidvi, CGM, RCF, for the appointment as Director (Marketing), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF) are yet to be issued by the Government of India as the vacancy of this post is arising on July 1, 2016.

Post of Chairman, AAI yet to be filled
The post of regular Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been lying vacant for a long time. Member Planning S Raheja is looking an additional charge of Chairman.

Rawat likely to join as Director (PM), BRC June 15
S S Rawat, DGM, SAIL, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Project Management), Bridge & Roof Company Limited (BRC) on June 15, 2016.

Post of CVO, KRCL lying vacant
The post of Chief Vigilance Officer has been lying vacant in Konkon Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) since present incumbent Atul Kumar Shukla returns to his parent cadre Chhattisgarh.

Ms Supriya Singh posted as Deputy Director in PD, Audit office, Chandigarh
Ms Supriya Singh, Deputy Director (Commercial-I), in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member, Audit Board-I, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Admn. /DT) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Central, Chandigarh. She is 2008 batch IA&AS officer.

After cadre review IIS to get 26 Posts
IIS will get 26 new posts at the higher level. Cadre review meeting which was held on May 5, 2016 recommended that now the cadre will have three Principal DG posts, 11 DGs and 55 ADGs posts. Presently the strength is 1,6 & 36 respectively.There will be sizable increase at the middle level also.

Sheela Balakrishnan to continue as Advisor in TN Government
1976-batch IAS officer, Sheela Balakrishnan will continue as adviser to the Tamil Nadu Government. She is considered to be close to CM JayaLalitha.

M Sheela Priya to move in State Planning Commission ?
Secretary to Tamil Nadu CM JayaLalitha , M Sheela Priya is being tipped to be Vice Chairperson of the Planning Commission. She is former 1977 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

A. S. Post is vacant in MIB
Additional Secretary post is lying vacant in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for the last one and half months.

Mrs Kalpana Saxena appointed as CPIO, RTI, ASI Dehradun
Mrs Kalpana Saxena, Deputy SAC in the office of Director (Science), Dehradun, has been appointed as CPIO, RTI in same office of Archaeological Survey of India.

Who will be CGM in State Bank of India ?
As many as 55 General Managers are reportedly short-listed to appear for interview to the post of Chief General Manager in the State Bank of India.Interview is scheduled to take place next week. The officers who are eligible for CGM are : Ohri Vishal Sharat, Srivastava Shekhar, Shahab Farooque S M, Sastry S Venkataramana, Kumar Rajan, Venkatesh C V, singh Shree Prakash, Panda Ramesh Chandra, Dureha Anupam, Mehta Ashwin Khandubhai, Yalamarthi Vijay Kumar, Khattar Manoj, Sawat Subodh Balkrishna, Kumar Sharadindu, Hiremath Jagadeesh Shivalingayya, Prasad Kunjal, Tewari Sandeep, Pandey Umesh Kumar, Rao thota Venkata Sri Ramana, Rodrikcs Nandini Rosario, Mehta Arun, Tandon Sunil Kumar, Gupta Ranjan, Prasad Soma Sankara, Kini Giridhar, Jayaraman Ramamoorthy, Vaijinath M Gavarashetty, Kannan Alwar, Krishnamurthy Chandra Shekhar, Saran Jyoti, Das Panna Lal, Dayal Sudhir, Mirakhu Rajinder, Prasad Rashmi, Aggarwal dinesh Kumar, Shivan Jenamejayan Kamalam, George Sonny, Nagpal Satish Kumar, Mahapatra Pushan, Biswa Ketan Das, Sircar Arrop, Narayanan Sadanandan, Ronjan Vijuy, Mishra Ranjan Kumar, Jena Hare Krishna, chadha Sushmita, Natarajn Sunder, Pandey Ravindera, Sengupta Partha Pratim, Sanjeev Narayani, Kandapl Prakash Chandra, Choudhary Alok Kumar, Sharma Mahesh Kumar, Setty challa Srinivasulu and Tewari Ashwini Kumar. The only question is whether the selection be made like the DMDs ?.

Dr Niranjan promoted as CCA, Mumbai
Dr R Niranjan has been appointed as CCA, Mumbai after promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service officer.

Vacancy of Chairman, MPEDA, Kochi arising in June
A vacancy of Chairman, MPEDA, Kochi in the Department of Commerce at Joint Secretary level is arising in June.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, IPP arising in June
A vacancy of Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion is arising in June.

Subrata Kumar Mitra empanelled as DIG in GoI
Subrata Kumar Mitra has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Bureaucratic changes in Assam CMs Secretariat
There is reshuffle in Assam CMs Secretariat. Additional Secretary Ranjan Chakravarty has been transferred to the IT department, Joint Secretary Partha Pratim Mazumdar has been moved to the Elementary Education department, Joint Secretary Rituraj Bora has been shifted to the Assam Accord department, Joint Secretary Prakash Ranjan will move to the Agriculture department and Deputy Secretary Saurabh Senapati to the Health department.Pomi Baruah, attached to the CM Secretariat will go back to the post of Assisstant Commissioner, Kamrup (Metro).

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Maharashtra
A number of IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Sandeep Patil has been posted as SP of Satara, while Abhinay Deshmukh was transferred as SP of Gadchiroli and G Sridhar is the DCP of Nagpur. Similarly, Sachin Patil has been posted as DCP of Mumbai; Amol Tambe as SP of Highway Police in Pune; Manoj Patil is transferred to Zone II, Thane,; N Ambika is shifted to Zone IV in Mumbai; Dnyaneshwar Chavan as DCP of Special Branch I, Mumbai; Rajendra Dabhade as DCP, Mumbai; R Ramasami as Additional SP of Aheri; Sangramsingh Nishandar as SP of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), Thane; Dattatray Karale as DCP, Nashik; Shashikumar Meena as DCP, Amravati; Moreshwar Atram as DCP, Zone II, Amravati; Sunil Kadasane as DCP, State Intelligence Department (SID) in Nashik; Rakesh Kalasagar as DCP, Nagpur; Laxmikant Patil as DCP, Nashik; Sanjay Patil as DCP, Zone III, Mumbai; Ankush Shinde as SP, Nashik Rural; Sanjay Mohite as DCP, Mumbai; Sunil Phulari as SP of Sindhudurg district; Laksmikant Patil as DCP Nashik; Sanjay Patil as DCP Zone III Mumbai; PP Shewale as DCP State Intelligence Department (SID), Mumbai; Ankush Shinde as DCP Nashik Rural; Sanjay Yenpure as SP Nanded; D T Shinde as SP Sangli and Ravindra Pardeshi was posted as SP Nagpur.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, K N Venkataramanan has been appointed as Principal Secretary to CM while A Ramalingam was made Secretary IV to CM and Pradeep Yadav is Principal Secretary, Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection. Similarly, Gagandeep Singh Bedi was posted as Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Agriculture with additional charge of Secretary to Government, Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries; Hans Raj Verma as Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Atulya Misra was posted as Principal Secretary, Environment and Forests with full additional charge of the post of Commissioner of Revenue Administration.

Minor reshuffle of IPS Officers in UP (UPDATED)
Ram Lal Verma has been transferred and posted as SP, Regional Intelligence, Kanpur while Dilip Kumar was appointed as SP, Fire Services, Lucknow and Shiv Shanker Yadav is posted as Commandant, 49th battalion PAC, Gautam Budh Nagar. Besides, Rajesh Pandey has been given the posting of SP, Trading Tax, Lucknow.

Six IAS Officers transferred in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as 6 IAS Officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Haryana. Accordingly, P Raghavendra has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana, Housing while Mahavir Singh was appointed as Principal Secretary, Haryana, Civil Aviation with additional charge of Principal Secretary to Haryana Labour and A K Singh is Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Employment and Inquiry Officer, Vigilance, Haryana with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Haryana, Mines & Geology. Besides, Suresh Kumar Goyal has been appointed as Director General, Technical Education, Haryana and Secretary, Technical And Education Department with additional charge of Secretary, Lokayukta, Subhash Chandra as Director General, Environment and Secretary, Environment Department and Brijendra Singh was posted as Chief Administrator, Housing Board.

Anupama James posted as SDPO, Boudh, Odisha (UPDATED)
Anupama James has been transferred and posted as SDPO, Boudh, Odisha. She is a 2013 batch IPS Officer.

Vikram S Mann promoted to IG rank in Telangana (UPDATED)
Vikram Singh Mann, who is presently on central deputation, has been granted proforma promotion to the rank of Inspector General of Police in Telangana. He is a 1998 batch IPS Officer of Telangana cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
As many as six IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Dr P N Bhapkar, Commissioner, Education, Pune has been posted as Secretary, (EGS & WC), Rural Development and Water Conservation Department, Mantralaya while Aseem Kumar S K Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Slum Rehabilitation Authority, Mumbai was posted as Secretary Rura Development and Panchayat Raj and Water Conservation Department, Mantralaya and N K Patil, Chief Executive Officer, ZP, Satara is posted as Commissioner of Persons with Disabilities, Pune. Similarly, R B Deshmukh, Private Secretary to Leader of Opposition, Vidhan Parishad, Mumbai has been posted as Chief Executive Officer, ZP, Satara; Paraag Jaiin-Nainuttia as Special Commissioner, Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai and R D Devkar was posted as Project Director, Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society, Mumbai.

Kuldeep Kumar relinquishes as CVO, STC (UPDATED)
Kuldeep Kumar has relinquished as Chief Vigilance Officer of State Trading Corporation (STC) after he was not accorded extension to his tenure expired on May 13, 2016. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of MT cadre.

Sashi Kanth Jain selected as CMD, HPC (UPDTED)
Sashi Kanth Jain has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 9, 2016. Only two persons appeared for the interviews.

SIT to investigate AugutaWestland case? (UPDTED)
According to information Special Investigation Team ( SIT) is going to investigate AugutaWestland Helicopter case. Rakesh Asthana, ADG rank officer will head the SIT. 1984 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre Asthana is presently Additional Director in the CBI .

B V R C Purushottam appointed as Deputy Secretary, DoPT (UPDATED)
B V R C Purushottam, who is presently o compulsory wait, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of UD cadre.

Two officers of MP cadre confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers of 2012 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre: Neeraj Kumar Singh and Nidhi Nivedita have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Ajay Singh Tomer of Haryana confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
A 2012 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, Ajay Singh Tomer, has been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Three IAS officers shifted in UP (UPDATED)
Anurag Patel has been appointed as Special Secretary, Home while Karn Singh Chauhan was made District Magistrate, Farukhabad and Heeralal is Special Secretary in Agriculture Production Commissioner office in Uttar Pradesh.

CORPORATE

Asha Thomas is CMD of Supplyco in Kerala
Asha Thomas has taken over as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Supplyco in Kerala. She is 1988 batch IAS officer.

Sirsikar appointed as VP & Head( Mktg.) of Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt Ltd
Sumit Sirsikar has been appointed as Vice President & Head( Marketing ) of Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Roy resigns as Independent Director of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd
Chandan Roy has resigned as Independent Director of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

Lawson appointed CEO & Country Manager of DHL Global Forwarding in India
George Lawson has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Country Manager of DHL Global Forwarding in India.

Sharma appointed MD (India) of Inmarsat?
Inmarsat has appointed Gautam Sharma as Managing Director (India) of the company.

Choudhary resigns as Director of Gallantt Metal Limited
Ramesh Kumar Choudhary has resigned as Director of Gallantt Metal Limited.

Ms Khaitan resigns as Independent Director of Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd
Ms Nandini Khaitan has resigned as Independent Director of Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Limited.

Selara appointed CFO of Goenka Business & Finance Ltd
Goenka Business & Finance Ltd has appointed Jayrajbhai K Selara as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

Going by TV Visuals one can easily say JayaLalitha is dictator. Narendra Modi doesn't fit in before JayaLalitha.

Lalit Shastri

DEBATE (2)

People unnecassarily call Narendra Modi as dictator.He is democratic and totatally dedicated to the country. Had he been dictator he would have demolished the RSS.

R K Nair

DEBATE (3)

A dictator has to be intelligent person and JayaLalitha is really intelligent. Her second win is extraordinary.

K Ramamurthy

New criteria for empanellment for Joint Secretary level posts ?

Will someone knowledgeable explain on WIC the new criteria being fixed for empanelment for Joint Secretary level posts and how it is an improvement on the current one. The biggest complaint against the present system is that it is IAS biased and other organised services are left far behind. We have been debating parity among all the services recruited through the same exam for decades and at one time settled with a two-year disparity but things have gone so bad that at present the disparity has widened to almost 7-8 years. Inspite of the positive signals given by Modi Government not much has changed. But yes, we should not put the blame entirely at the door of IAS. The cadre controlling authorities of some organised services are also to be blamed. They do not send the names of their officers in time. For example Railways bunched together the names of all the officers from their eight organised services from 1987 onwards and sent to DOPT last year. How on earth can CSB which meets, I believe for 4-5 days in six months can clear such backlog. As a result only upto 1990 batch has been considered. DoPT has to do a special drive to get upto 1994 batch cleared to bring them close to some parity. Let the CSB hold some special sittings for this purpose. This will dispel the frustration officers feel in waiting for their empanelment while their batchmates not only in the IAS but from some other organised services march ahead .

Aarti Khosla


NGOS emerging as potent components of democratic society

NGOS have been emerging as the most potent components of our democratic society and the champions of the human dignity. Naturally, they have to raise the voice against the seemingly most powerful and in a way are also prepared for the vendetta and intolerance to their cause. In a democratic society dissent is the mainstay of the governance system, which if carefully built, has the potential to sift good from bad. The keen readers of history know that Anna Hazare's Lokpal movement was supported by the NGO 'India against corruption' and still more zealously but not openly by the BJP and RSS. In the bargain ,the regime got a very bad name and the ground was prepared for changeover at the capital and the nation. NGOs have been consistently taking up the cases of mining mafias, environment, human rights, liberty, and human dignity. Nobody has forgotten the chipko movement, the role of the civil society in bringing out the most revolutionary and world acclaimed legislation, Right To Information Act. I remember in 1995, a NGO of Dehradun had taken up the case of drying up of water in Dehradun. It was found out by the fighters for the public cause that the reckless auctioning of mines having lime- stone had played havoc with the environment of Dehradun With the intervention of the courts, the situation could be saved from complete disaster. With the diminishing of role of media to highlight the serious issues and inability to fight for the right causes concerning public, NGOs have very enthusiastically filled the gaps since 1980s.They were in the forefronts to take up the case of the 1984 Sikh genocide , and have been pursuing the Gujarat atrocities, religiously, even at the cost of their lives and careers. They may also pursue the cases of Modi and Amit Shah,if ever injustice was done to them. The black sheep amongst them may be proceeded against ,but the genuine ones must be provided all help and may not be demoralized. NGOs can be looked as very strong pillars of democracy and civil liberty..

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar


Bihar education board toppers

This is happening for last 50 years. These toppers should appointed as RBI governor, AIIMS directors, IISC & IIT directors etc. Already such people occupied in bureaucracy, investigation agencies etc. Bharat will become world class. These people will do government service for 38 year 50 years.

Suyash

Bihar board toppers

Bihar's board toppers not knowing the basics of subjects raises more questions than answers.It puts a question marks on those coming out in flying colours in UPSC and engineering and medical entrance examinations. It is very common to see candidates from Bihar writing such entry examinations like Foresty Service Examinations, enmasse in places like Bangalore.

Rakesh Gupta

Bihar board toppers don't feel shame

Bihar education board toppers. They don't feel shame. They can become Chairman and Directors of CPSE. They tampered the certificates and reduce age 5 to 7 years. Vigilance organisation says that Bihar board does not keeps records beyond 20 years. This is an excuse, but certificates can easily be verified from truth labs of Hyderabad or by sending people to medical examination and lie detection test. Why Vigilance is hesitant ? PESB selects such candidates and ACC gives fast approvals in case of such candidates. PM says that he will eliminate such moles in government and CPSEs but there is no hope.

Venki

Heartfelt condolences

My heartfelt condolences on untimely death of Akshat Gupta. May his soul rest in peace. His father was my teacher of Physics at Allahabad University.

Anil Kumar Agrawal

Heart rending

Heart rending to hear of the sad, untimely demise of young and promising IAS officer Akshat Gupta due to cardiac arrest. God grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the entire bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss.
On a general note, may I add that, of late, such incidents have risen in frequency and younger officers cutting across Services are also facing multiple health issues often without knowing. Compare this to the old ICS officers, some of them have crossed 100 today (as reported in Whispers earlier). Government service is often seen as stress free as compared to the private sector. Actually, it is not so. Everyone should recognise that adopting a healthy life style, stress management, weight management, avoiding junk food, physical exercise, yoga, proper sleep, delegating workload and increasing efficiency and annual check ups are necessary for Civil servants too. Bosses and political masters should also see to it that unwarranted stress, overwork etc., are not handed out to subordinates (this is true for all Services). The support systems to nurture officers have to be improved. As on date, officers are under pressure from all sides; political executive, public expectations, public representatives, press and media, judicial intervention, etc.

Vijay Kumar

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